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Control Number61251
Date and Time of Latest Transaction20110427105210.AM
General Information110427s |||||||||b ||00|||
International Standard Book Number0821321382
Cataloging SourcePAGASA-DOST
Local Call Number363.7056091724 K87e
Main Entry - Personal NameMunasinghe, Mohan, ed.
 Kreimer, Alcira, ed.
Title StatementEnvironmental management and urban vulnerability edited by Alcira Kreimer and Mohan Munasinghe
Physical Descriptionxiv, 291 p
Summary, Etc.Many metropolitan areas throughout the world are susceptible to disasters that seriously disrupt the process of economic development and cause unparalleled social upheaval. Although the Bhopal chemical explosion and the earthquakes in Armenia and Mexico graphically illustrate the devastation with which disasters can strike in urban areas, less publicized catastrophic natural hazards, such as landslides and mudflows, can be equally destructive and costly over the long term. This conference provided an opportunity for experts in the environment, hazards, and urban development to gather and discuss issues concerning the relationship between environmental degradation and disaster vulnerability in cities, as well as effective, environment-based strategies for managing risk. The topics discussed in the conference came to the forefront as a result of the problems brought about by increased vulnerability in highly populated cities in the developing world. The leading factors of the problems facing cities today include population growth and industrial development in high-risk areas, the lack of infrastructural maintenance, erosion and compaction of soils, and the accumulation of solid and toxic waste deposits
Subject Added Entry - Topical TermEnvironmental management -- Developing countries
 Environmental policy -- Developing countries
 Urbanization -- Developing countries
 Developing countries -- Environmental policy -- Environmental management -- Urbanization
LocationDOST PAGASA 551. 588: 65 K87e BOOKS CLIMATCAB 2105 1 2105 C 0000-00-00
  
     
 
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Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration551. 588: 65 K87e
  
     
 
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